Principal Product Manager, Search
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About the role
We are seeking a Principal Product Manager – Search to lead the long-term strategy and evolution of search and discovery across our streaming platforms. In this role, you will define the vision for scalable, ML-powered search experiences that serve millions of users globally, shaping how audiences find and engage with content across Max and our broader ecosystem.
You will operate at both strategic and execution levels—owning the roadmap for search relevance, semantic understanding, and discovery, while guiding the transition from traditional keyword-based systems toward intent-aware and conversational experiences.
As a senior leader within the Personalization and Discovery organization, you will drive cross-functional alignment across Engineering, Data Science, Design, and Content teams, and influence product direction at an organizational level.
The ideal candidate
The ideal candidate has experience building and scaling ML-driven search or discovery systems for large consumer platforms. You combine strong product judgment with technical depth, and are comfortable operating across ambiguous, multi-system problem spaces.
You are highly data-driven, fluent in experimentation, and able to translate complex system behavior into clear product strategy. You influence cross-functional teams and senior stakeholders without direct authority, and consistently drive alignment and execution at scale.
Expectations
As a key contributor for Personalization at WBD, you will:
Product Strategy & Vision: Define and drive the long-term vision for Search as a core discovery platform. Lead the evolution from keyword-based retrieval to intent-aware, semantic, and conversational experiences. Identify high-impact opportunities and translate them into a clear, scalable strategy.
Search & Ranking Systems: Own the direction of core search systems, including retrieval, ranking, and query understanding. Partner with Engineering and Data Science to evolve capabilities such as learning-to-rank, semantic retrieval, and real-time relevance signals.
Discovery Experience: Shape end-to-end discovery experiences that are intuitive, actionable, and grounded in catalog data. Ensure results help users make decisions quickly while enabling exploration through AI-assisted and conversational interfaces.
Experimentation & Impact: Define success metrics and lead experimentation strategy across Search, including A/B and MAB testing. Use data to drive measurable improvements in relevance, engagement, and user satisfaction.
Cross-Functional Leadership: Drive alignment across Engineering, Data Science, Design, and Content teams. Influence senior stakeholders and executives by clearly articulating product vision, trade-offs, and impact.
Technical & Product Leadership: Act as a thought leader for Search within the organization. Mentor other product managers and set best practices across Search, Personalization, and Discovery.
Skills / Experience
10+ years of product management experience, including leading large-scale consumer products in search, discovery, personalization, or other ML-driven systems
Strong understanding of search relevance, ranking systems, retrieval techniques, and semantic understanding
Proven experience partnering with engineering and data science teams to build and ship production-grade ML systems at scale
Demonstrated ability to define product strategy and drive execution across complex, multi-system problem spaces
Experience operating in ambiguity and driving clarity, prioritization, and alignment across cross-functional teams
Strong technical fluency, with the ability to engage deeply in discussions on system design, data, and machine learning approaches
Track record of using experimentation (A/B, MAB) and data to drive measurable improvements in user engagement and product performance
Experience influencing stakeholders at all levels, including senior leadership, without direct authority
Excellent communication and storytelling skills, with the ability to translate complex concepts into clear product direction
Experience building high-quality search or recommendation experiences for data-rich platforms
Nice to have:
Experience with conversational search, natural language interfaces, or generative AI
Familiarity with large-scale data platforms, real-time systems, or distributed architectures
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Championing Inclusion at WBD
Warner Bros. Discovery embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects a wide array of perspectives, backgrounds and experiences. Being an equal opportunity employer means that we take seriously our responsibility to consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit, without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, mental or physical disability, and genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status or any other category protected by law.If you’re a qualified candidate with a disability and you require adjustments or accommodations during the job application and/or recruitment process, please visit our accessibility page for instructions to submit your request.
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